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Glass Island
Ishigaki Island, Okinawa
What Glass Island is known for
This Ryukyu glass studio has blown color-flecked glassware on Ishigaki for 38 years, continuing a technique that took off after WWII when artisans recycled discarded American soda and beer bottles into drinkware. Visitors can try a hands-on glassblowing session to make their own tumbler, alongside the studio's beer glasses and bubble-textured barrel glasses on sale.
Best for — Hand-blown Ryukyu glass tumblers and drinkware
Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
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Where next
- Barovier & Toso — Venice
- Bitossi Ceramiche — Italy
- Ca' Macana — Venice
✓ Personally verified — crawled twice, human-checked · July 2026 · no store paid to be here